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XmlTextReader screen scrape get xml element content

Im trying to grab xml off a web page and get the content of one particular element.

i have a page xml.asp that outputs the following xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="../quote_xml.css"?>
<quotes>
            <quote>
                        <exchange>XYZ</exchange>
                        <symbol>ABC</symbol>
                        <description>Lorem Ipsum</description>
                        <lastprice>32.500</lastprice>
                        <timestamp>
                                    <date>20061201</date>
                                    <time>105500</time>
                        </timestamp>
            </quote>
</quotes>

in my vb.net code i have this so far:

Imports System.XML

Dim xtr as New XmlTextReader("http://www.mypage.com/xml.asp")

xtr.MoveToContent()
xtr.MoveToElement("lastprice") 'error here!

'how can i get the lastprice element's content i.e. 32.500 ?
'i'm unsure of how to use the XmlTextReader's methods, can someone point out good examples of its usage?

Hillwaaa

Hi VirusMinus,

Check out: http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/parsefilecode.asp

it has a good example on parsing xml.

Cheers,
Hillwaaa

VirusMinus

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Thanks, i saw that page already. any ideas on my particular problem. I'm thinking there's got to be a simpler way to do it as compared to what the page shows, just to get one element's content.

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